Why the Raiders will not end up in San Diego:
For the last two weeks Vinny and Fred have been noting that if the Chargers do move to LA, the Raiders will "pounce" on San Diego because "they will kill" the market there (using Vinny's words) although I have tremendous respect to Fred and Vinny, I keep having a logistical and logical itch in that premies. In Houston the owners approved relocation of the Chargers and the conditional relocation of the Raiders with a $550 millionfee. According to Jason Cole, the Houston meetings were specific to LA and it doesn't provide an open range to the Raiders to move anywhere. In other words, the Raiders need to reapply for relocation with a new application/process. Let's look at the following:
1- we know how arduous NFL2LA was, do you think the owners have the stomach for a NFL2SD sequel?
2- it was noted that many owners were not in favor of the Raiders moving to LA, why would that be any different for SD?
3- it was also note that many owners are friendly to Spanos and relate to his stadium struggles. Why would they undermine his business practice especially with a division rival that will "kill" his old market there?
4- other owners (like Clark Hunt of KC) had reservations about two teams in LA right away shocking the LA market, why would such owners jeopardize their seeds in LA and favor three teams 125mi apart?
5- Mark Davis expectations for a stadium are much lower than that of Spano's, so is his pocket book value! so $100 million offered by the NFL to stay goes a long way for Davis in Oakland not to mention the $550million needed to move.
6- Qualcomm will not be refurbished (in case the Raiders are interested in that) because the city of San Diego has done studies showing it's a bad investment. So, considering that public funding for a new stadium for the Chargers with 55 year history there is getting 2/3 disapproval in the polls, what do you think a stadium for a division rival Raiders will get?
Although Raiders to San Diego makes a good Hollywood story of your ex buying your old house Spanos. Prior history and attitude by the NFL indicates otherwise.
Amy Trask said on the radio yesterday that even tho the raider brand is big that she thinks the raiders to SD is not a good idea . I'm so glad our relocation drama is over. Now we are just waiting to see what happens with the chargers
If you think back to how long Vinny was the MAIN guy to leverage Carson...and realize that now he's leveraging SD in just as obvious a way. That tells me that those two teams aren't finished squeezing their respective cities. Does Vinny have a hotline to Fabs, or what??